Mixed Signals: Combining Linguistic and Affective Functions of Eyebrows in Questions in Sign Language of the Netherlands

Language and Speech

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 315-339

  De Vos, Connie ^a   Van Der Kooij, Els ^b   Crasborn, Onno ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expressions; Intonation; Prosody; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949103324     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830909103177     Document Type: Article

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